Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Jun 18, 2025· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2022-50077
CVE-2022-50077
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
apparmor: fix reference count leak in aa_pivotroot()
The aa_pivotroot() function has a reference counting bug in a specific path. When aa_replace_current_label() returns on success, the function forgets to decrement the reference count of “target”, which is increased earlier by build_pivotroot(), causing a reference leak.
Fix it by decreasing the refcount of “target” in that path.
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Affected products
83- osv-coords81 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Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
7- git.kernel.org/stable/c/11c3627ec6b56c1525013f336f41b79a983b4d46nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ceeb3296e9dde1d5772348046affcefdea605e2nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ca40ad7afae144169a43988ef1a3f16182faf0anvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/64103ea357734b82384c925cba4758fdb909be0cnvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d53194707d2a1851be027cd74266b96ceff799d3nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef6fb6f0d0d8440595b45a7e53c6162c737177f4nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/f4d5c7796571624e3f380b447ada52834270a287nvdPatch
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